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August 20, 2019
Turkish police use water cannon, batons on Kurdish protesters
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey — Riot police fired water cannon and tear gas to disperse protesters demonstrating in southeast Turkey on Tuesday against the ousting of three Kurdish mayors five months after they were elected.Ankara replaced the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) mayors with state officials on Monday and detained more than 400 people for suspected militant links in a step sharply criticized by opposition parties.In Diyarbakir, the region's biggest city, police ...
August 20, 2019
Daesh could re-emerge in Syria, Chinese envoy warns
GENEVA/WASHINGTON — A senior Chinese official said on Tuesday that there was a danger of Daesh (the so-called IS) militants re-emerging in Syria and called for progress in the political process between the Damascus government and the opposition to end the war."There is now a danger of terrorist organizations like ISIS being revived, we see some signs in some of the places," Chinese Special Envoy Xie Xiaoyan told reporters after ...
August 20, 2019
UN envoy applauds ‘tireless’ Saudi efforts in south Yemen
RIYADH — The United Nations envoy to Yemen Martin Griffiths has commended the “tireless role” played by Saudi Deputy Minister of Defense Prince Khalid Bin Salman to “restore order and stability” in the south of Yemen.“Positive and engaging meeting yesterday with @kbsalsaud. Tireless role under Khalid Bin Salman's leadership to restore order and stability in south #Yemen. We agreed on the need for continuous dialogue,” Griffiths tweeted on Tuesday.Saudi Arabia, ...
August 20, 2019
Don't play with fire, Turkey warns Syria
ANKARA —Turkey on Tuesday warned Damascus "not to play with fire" a day after a Turkish military convoy was cut off by an airstrike in northwest Syria."The regime should not play with fire... As we have previously said, we will do whatever is necessary to ensure the security of our soldiers and observation posts," Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told reporters in Ankara.But, he added, "we hope it does not reach ...
August 20, 2019
Libya sends mobile petrol stations to conflict-hit west
TRIPOLI — Libyan state employee Akrm Jlaidi drives for ninety minutes to the suburbs of the capital Tripoli every week to fill his car at a mobile fuel station. Typically he waits for hours. Sometimes he returns home empty-handed as fuel shortages worsen.Tripoli and parts of western Libya have been engulfed in war since forces loyal to the chief of the eastern-based Libyan National Army (LNA) force, Khalifa Haftar, started ...
August 20, 2019
'No request' from Iran tanker to dock in Greece: Minister
ATHENS — Athens has received no request from the Iranian tanker Adrian Darya to dock in Greece, Merchant Marine Minister Ioannis Plakiotakis said on Tuesday after a maritime tracker gave the ship's "reported destination" as the Greek port of Kalamata."There is officially no request concerning the arrival of the Iranian tanker in a Greek port," Plakiotakis told Greek media."We are following its progress and are working with the Greek foreign ...
August 20, 2019
Release of Iranian tanker 'very unfortunate': Pompeo
WASHINGTON — US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo expressed frustration on Monday over the "very unfortunate" decision to release an Iranian tanker held off Gibraltar, in an implicit rebuke to ally Britain.The British overseas territory rejected a US demand to seize the vessel, which has since departed Gibraltar and entered international waters."It's very unfortunate that that ship was released," Pompeo told Fox News when asked if the move was a ...
August 20, 2019
Syria regime tightens grip on key town after rebels withdraw
BEIRUT — Syrian government forces looked set to recover a strategic town that has been in rebel hands since 2014 in a major Russian-backed offensive into the opposition's last major stronghold.An organization that monitors the war and a pro-Damascus military source said insurgents had withdrawn from Khan Sheikhoun overnight, though the main insurgent group in the area said rebels still held part of the town and fighting continued.Capturing Khan Sheikhoun ...
August 19, 2019
Palestinian president fires advisers as financial crisis hits
RAMALLAH, West Bank — Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas has fired all of his advisers, his office said on Monday, amid a financial crisis in the occupied West Bank that has prompted deep salary cuts.Abbas's office did not provide further details on the number of advisers or the costs involved, pointing only to a brief statement issued through official Palestinian news agency WAFA.The move comes amid a spending crunch following Israel's ...
August 19, 2019
Bahrain to join US-led efforts to protect Gulf navigation
MANAMA — Bahrain said on Monday it would join US-led efforts to protect shipping in the Gulf amid tensions between Washington and Tehran after a series of attacks on tankers.Bahrain's King Hamad voiced his country's appreciation of the "US role in supporting regional security and stability" during a meeting with US Central Command (CENTCOM) chief General Kenneth McKenzie, state media said."The King confirmed the kingdom of Bahrain's participation in the ...
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